Hello Sweet Friend

Posted on 7th April 2021 by Alison Pendlebury-Brown
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Yay, it's April and it's finally Springtime! I cannot tell you how much I've been wishing my life away, waiting for Spring to arrive :). To celebrate warmer days, I've created this cute little top-folding, A6 sized card featuring a cute little bee delivering a card to say "Hello Sweet Friend".

To create this card you will need:

• Daffodil Plain Card 290gsm
• Celeste Sirio Colour Card 290gsm
• All Media Artist Paper Natural White 300gsm
• Black Plain Card 240gsm
• Anita’s PVA Tacky Glue 240ml
• Stick it! 3D Foam Squares (940 pcs)
  

You will also need:

• Bee stamp and dies - I used Time for Tea Designs' Bee Happy coordinating stamps and die set
• Alphabet dies
• Sequins or flat-backed pearls - I used Lucy's Things - Itty Bitty Stars
• White metallic paint for splattering - I used Kuretake Starry Colors watercolours in colour no. 906 white gold
• Clear embossing ink
• White embossing powder
• Colouring medium - I used Copic markers
• Cloud stencil or cloud edge die to create your own stencil
• Blue ink pad - I used Ranger's Distress Ink in Stormy Sky

Instructions:-

• Create a card blank using the yellow card. Cut an A4 sheet in half widthways and then fold one piece in half to create an A6, top-folding cardbase.
• Create a mat measuring 3.75" x 5.25" in the light blue cardstock.
• Die-cut the word 'Hello' twice using your alphabet dies and layer one on top of the other for extra dimension.
• Stamp, die-cut and colour in the bee. I coloured the wings in pale blue and added Kuretake Wink of Stella for a little sparkle to the wings.
• Stamp and emboss your sentiment - I chose to use 'To a Sweet Friend' from the stamp set, masking off 'to a', so that it reads 'Hello Sweet Friend' when combined with the die-cut 'Hello'.

If you do not have a cloud stencil but do have cloud edge dies you can create your own stencil. To create a disposable stencil you can simply cut it from cardstock. If you'd prefer to create one that you can clean and re-use, you can also laminate the cardstock.

To create the cloud stencil:

• Cut a piece of scrap, thin cardstock the length of your dies (see my image above)
• Laminate the cardstock (reserve the remaining laminated plastic, as this is great for making shaker windows in another project)
• Die-cut the cloud edges (see image above) - you may need to pass it through your cutting machine several times to cut through the 2 pieces of laminate and the cardstock

• Using your new stencil and blue ink, blend a cloudy sky background. You can, of course, skip this step completely if you'd prefer a plain blue background.
• Splatter the card using the white gold paint for some sparkle.

Now that you have all of your pieces, it's time to assemble.

• Mat the blue sky layer to the yellow cardbase
• Glue down the 'Hello' die-cut
• Mount the sentiment and the bee on foam squares and adhere to the card
• Sprinkle and glue your chosen sequins around the card.

I adore this stamp set as I love bees - I'm so excited to see them buzzing around in my garden, collecting pollen from the flowers.

I truly hope this simple little tutorial provided you with some inspiration. We'd love to see what you create, so please tag us on social media using #papermilldirect

Stay safe, see you next time.

Ali x

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